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We have a graph that shows the copilot actually programmed erratic altitudes into the flight computers while the captain was out of the cockpit, but look at the red line. that represents the continual line of descent, so he may have been taking the plane down to 100 feet up to 49,000 feet but, in fact it appears those moves were so fleeting that nobody onboard in any way even detected the moves. this was over a four and a half minute period really not noticed by anybody onboard or even air traff...

Cool is in both cases the tail came off of those airplanes for reasons other than the tail. in the case of american airlines accident it was overloaded to the side and we could get an overload on the side of this airplane as well. we may have likely gotten an overload to the side on the air france. so its early to look at those. typically if an airplane is move pg moveing around at 100 miles an hour through the air its not going come back. it takes severe weather. so severe that no human being w...